To provide guidance and planning information to NFJP grantees on the activities associated with the implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

To announce the next steps for state implementation of the UI Benefits Operations State Self-Assessment Tool (State Self-Assessment Tool): The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) intends to refine the State Self-Assessment Tool and processes based on feedback from the states and ETA plans to move to a biennial or triennial review cycle for future State Self-Assessment reviews.

To provide Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section 166 INA grantees with (1) the requirements for Program Year (PY) 2015 adult and youth funding allocations; (2) performance measures and recommended levels of performance for PY 2015; (3) guidance on the period of performance for current grants and the close out of previous grant awards; and (4) an extension to the current grantee strategic plan through PY 2017 (6/30/2018).

To provide a checklist of all currently active ETA advisories as well as a checklist of all ETA advisories rescinded/cancelled since the previously issued checklists.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide information to the public workforce system and other entities (including the "covered entities" listed in the "To" line above) that receive federal financial assistance under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and that will begin implementing Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) on July 1, 2015, as well as education and training programs or activities receiving Department of Labor financial assistance, regarding the prohibitions on discrimination based on gender identity, gender expression, and sex stereotyping. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals experience unemployment and employment discrimination at significantly higher rates compared to the rest of the American population, making it particularly important that they have full access to the services provided by the public workforce system, to help overcome the employment-related barriers they encounter. This TEGL and related attachments explain the legal authority for these obligations, give some examples of prohibited discrimination, and suggest ways to prevent, identify, and address discrimination.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from January 1 - March 31, 2020, (second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020).

To announce the release and availability of a report, "Services for Youth with Disabilities Provided under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act: Results from a Survey of Local Workforce Investment Boards;" and to provide information on recommended strategies and resources for increasing effective service delivery for youth with disabilities.

To provide information and expand awareness of the expiration of the HCTC Program on December 31, 2019 and to advise States in assisting job seekers and workers.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.

This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) is to inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) that they: (1) must exclude Tax Identification Numbers (TINs), which include Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and Employer Identification Numbers (EINs), from the Debt Account Identification (ID) field of the record layout for UC debts referred to TOP for offset recovery; (2) must follow the provisions of the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 (Public Law (P.L.) 115-59) that restricts the inclusion of TINs on documents Federal departments and agencies send by mail; and (3) must discontinue aggregating UC debts referred to TOP for offset recovery.